Brandon Smith‘s goal 87 seconds into overtime lifted Bridgeport to a 5-4 win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Saturday night and a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven East Division semifinal series. For the second straight game, the Penguins scored four times on the road against the stingiest defense in AHL history, but for the second straight game […]
Fifth-place finishers Norfolk and Portland wrapped up their qualifying series in convincing fashion on Friday night to advance to their respective division semifinal series. Norfolk got two goals from Yorick Treille and 18 saves from Michael Leighton for another 3-0 win in Binghamton, sweeping the Senators out of the postseason. It was Leighton’s third shutout […]
Derek MacKenzie‘s shorthanded goal 58 seconds into overtime gave Chicago a 4-3 win over Grand Rapids in Game 1 of their West Division semifinal series on Friday night. MacKenzie’s winner came after Brian Swanson tied the game with 11 seconds to go in regulation. Kevin Miller scored all three goals for the Griffins, but the […]
The American Hockey League announced today that Bridgeport Sound Tigers center Kevin Colley has been suspended for two (2) Calder Cup playoff games as a result of his actions in an April 15, 2004 AHL game versus Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Colley will miss the next two games of Bridgeport’s East Division Semifinal series; Sat., Apr. 17 versus […]
Derek Bekar scored on Bridgeport’s first shot of overtime to give the Sound Tigers a wild 5-4 win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in Game 1 of the East Division semifinals on Thursday night. The Penguins scored three times in the third period to tie the score and had dominated play in overtime before Bekar converted on a […]
Toronto, Portland and Cincinnati joined Norfolk as road teams winning Game 1’s in the best-of-three qualifying series round as the Calder Cup 2004 Playoffs continued on Thursday. Michael Henrich broke a 1-1 tie with 6:11 left in regulation to lift Toronto to a 3-1 win over Cleveland in both teams’ postseason debuts. Tyler Moss made […]
A pair of goals by Quintin Laing complemented Michael Leighton’s 31-save effort and boosted Norfolk to a 3-0 win over Binghamton on Wednesday night in the opener of the Calder Cup 2004 Playoffs. The win gave the Admirals a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three East Division qualifying series. The Senators try to avoid elimination in […]
Atlantic Division Semifinal – Series “B” A2-Manchester Monarchs vs. A3-Worcester IceCats Game 1 – Thu., Apr. 15 Worcester at Manchester, 7:05 ET Game 2 – Sat., Apr. 17 Worcester at Manchester, 7:35 ET Game 3 – Sun., Apr. 18 Manchester at Worcester, 5:05 ET Game 4 – Tue., Apr. 20 Manchester at Worcester, 7:05 ET […]
Atlantic Division Qualifying Series – Series “Q1” A4-Providence Bruins vs. A5-Portland Pirates Game 1 – Thu., Apr. 15 Portland at Providence, 7:05 ET Game 2 – Fri., Apr. 16 Portland at Providence, 7:05 ET Game 3 – Sun., Apr. 18 Portland at Providence, 7:05 ET (if necessary) Regular Season Comparison Providence Portland Record 36-29-11-4 32-27-13-8 […]
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins will be getting even more help for their playoff run when Marc-Andre Fleury joins the club this week. The top pick in the 2003 Entry Draft is expected to join the AHL Penguins Tuesday, and could be in uniform when they open the Calder Cup 2004 Playoffs Thursday night in Bridgeport. Fleury, […]
